Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
JOHNSON, Eliza in Petition 20484005

Name:JOHNSON, Eliza
Petition:20484005 filed in District of Columbia, 1840
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:JOHNSON, Pheobe ([Phebe] [Pheby]) - Family Head
Economic Profile:
Age:approx 3 years of age in 1817
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
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Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:Yes.
Punishments Received:jailed
Term Slave:Yes. Until age 30.
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1840. Origins of freedom: manumitted in will of Jane Woodward.